River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-10
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURES.

FEBRUARY 2-Among the bills introduced
IN the Senate, was one exempting public Ii
brarles from taxation; providing for the
temporary relief of INDECENT ex union yeteT-
ans without forcing them TO go TO the poor
mousse increasing the age of consent from
zen 10 Twelve years; loaning $1,000 TO the
Oshkosh military companies for the cree
ton OF an armory; providing that earnings
shall not be exempt from seizure for rent of
residence.
FEBRUARY 2-The House Committee on
state affairs experienced anexciting passage
IN considering the Tomahawk Land Com
pany' ana was unable to reach any con
clusion IN the matter. Bills were intro
duced IN the House prohibiting non-resident
aliens from acquiring and holding more
than $50 acres of land in Wisconsin; impos-
ing penalty upon any person who shall
fail to make out and furnish to the lumber
inspector of his district n proper report;
providing that any person who shall keep a
house of i'll fame or who shall lease premi-
ses to any person knowing that they are to
be put to lewd purposes shall be imprisoned
net more than three years or fined not 10
exceed $1,000; providing that any person
VINO shall entlce persons under eighteen
years of age away from home shall be
punished by fine not TO exceed 5000 and
by imprisonment not to exceed three years
making II IA misdemeanOr to sell, give away
distribute or exhibit obscene pictures or lit
nonresident bodies or squad of persons I'M
der detective agency from performing
police duty in the state.
FEBRUARY 3-This was an industrious day
in both branches in the matter of introduce
ing bills. hut they were chiefly, locally aud
in some instances merely technical Tie
Senate passed a bill holding policy holders
In mutual insurance companies responsible
as stockholders until the amount OF the
company assets reaches S1j,OO0, and there
aItef renewing policy holders from all re-
sponslbility except assessments on their
notes TO the amount thereof.
In the House, in the Tate Mccain con
test Tate was sworn in and seated, the right
being reserved to make further investiga-
ton as To his retention of the seat il the
House so chooses. The conflict between the
Wisconsin River improvement company and
the Tomahawk Land and Boom company
continued before the committee all day, 800
citizens of WausaU and vicinity petition
against the passage of the Tomahawk bill.
| February I'm the Senate memorial
| was presented to congress favoring woman
suffrage The important bills introduced
were. Providing for increasing the punish
/ ments for repeated drunkenness and apprO-
priating to the daughter of John Newell
who was killed in the capitol collapse three
years ago, $1,000.
| FEBRUARY 4-The House granted the right
to the Chicago, Burlington & Northern
railway to bridge the Mississippi at Red
| Wing, Isaac McCann, Republican, fled his
| grounds for contesting the occupancy Of
the seat 10y George T.. Tate, Democrat. and
| the committee on privileges and elections
! was empowered to make a thorough in
/ vestigation of the case. Bills were intro
! duced permitting husband and wife TO tes-
! tlty against each ~ her civil
| the creation of Mills county of the west
| half of Ashland; prohibiting the Wisconsin
/ River Improvement Company from receiv-
| ing tolls higher than cents per 1000 feet of
| lumber.
! FEBRUARY In the Senate the following
! bills We're introduced; Appropriating 49,
I 600 to the Wisconsin industrial association
for the next two years on condition that
there be no gambling or liquor selling on
the associations grounds; raising the age
of protection of girls against the crime of
rape from 10 to Is years; authorizing John
| England, of EauClaire, to build dam across
4 the Tea river in Sawyer county, and to i'm
prove said river. The committee on state
/ affairs reported back the bill for the con
| struction Of a ferr Y across the Mississippi
| river, between Buffalo county and Wabasha
| Mimi, recommending its indefinite post
ponement.
! FEBRUARY, AT the session tonight the
| following bills were introduced; Providing
! that a railroad shall receive all live stock
offered to it for transportation in mixed
carloads, if the different kinds of stock in
the car are properly separated by partitions;
/ prohibiting foreign insurance companies
upon the assessment plan from operating in
| the state without Il license; authorizing
| Frank Enterm to maintain q ferry across
1 the st. Croix river, in Polk county; making
/ insanity OF five years standing sufficient
/ grounds for divorce; furnishing the fraudu-
/ lent selling of prOmissory notes. BY Miller
Authorizing counties to aid towns in
building and repairing highways.